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CMBINED POCKET ASPERSUBIUM AND INCENSE HOLDER.

(Application led Aug. 23, 1897.)

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AVELIN SZAB, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID J. MORONEY, OFMARSHALL, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED POCKET ASPERSORIUNIVAND INCENSE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,308, dated August16, 1898.

Application led August 23, 1897. Serial No. 649,187. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that l, AVELIN SZAB, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigoand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Combined PocketAspersorium and Incense- Holder, of which the followingis a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide an article in which will becombined an aspersorium and an incense-holder, the article being of suchcharacter that a priest may carry the same readily in a pocket, and thedevice is particularly adapted for use by .priests on sick calls andalso in connection with the ceremony of blessing and other services at acemetery.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of theabove-named character which will be exceedingly simple, durable, andeconomic in its construction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the cover of the aspersorybeing in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the aspersory,the cover being removed, and likewise a vertical section through theincense-holder of the device; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thecover for the aspersory.

The aspersoryA is preferably made of any material which is not liable torust and is usually in the form of a cylinder, its upper end beingconveXed and provided with a series of apertures 10, While its lower endis more or less flattened and terminates in a shank or handle 11. Nearthe base of the aspersory a thread 12 is illustrated, adapted to receivethe lower threaded portion 13 of a cover 1l, adapted to inclose theaspersory and prevent any liquid from escaping from the device whilesaid device is being carried or is not in use.

Preferably the aspersoryA is made in two sections having a screwconnection. Within the aspersory a sponge 15 is located or some otherabsorbent material adapted to be saturated with water, which water canbe supplied to the absorbent material by removing the upper section ofthe aspersory.

The handle 1l of the aspersory is held to slide in a sleeve 16, and thissleeve is screwed or otherwise detachablysecured to the mouth portion ofa vessel 17, adapted to contain incense. It will be understood that thehandle 11 may be forced downward in the sleeve 16 substantially to thebottom of the incense-l receptacle 17 even when incense is containedtherein, thus materially shortening the device and enabling it to becarried in the pocket with comfort.

In operation the aspersory is drawn out from the sleeve or tube 16 whenit is to be used and the cover is removed, permitting the watercontained in the aspersory to be forced out through the apertures 10,and by removing the sleeve or tube 16 from the mouth of the incensereceptacle or receiver 17 the incense may be poured out therefrom indesired quantities.

The device is exceedingly simple, it is durable, and it is economic andwill prove exceedingly useful and convenient to a priest requiring sucha device when called upon for services at a point removed from thechurch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An aspersory consisting of a receptacleconstructed in detachable sections, one of the sections being providedwith apertures, an'

absorbent material contained in the said receptacle, a handle for thereceptacle, and a cover having a water-tight connection with the saidreceptacle and adapted to inclose the same, as specified.

2. In an aspersorium, an aspersory consisting of a receptacle containingan absorbent material and having perforations for the escape of liquid,a cover for the said aspersory, a handle for the same, and anincense-receiver carried by the -said handle, for the purpose Set forth.

3. In an aspersorium, an aspersory consisting of a receptacle containingan absorbent material and having perforations for the escape of liquid,a cover for the said aspersory,

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a handle for the same, a sleeve in which the 'an aspersory attachedthereto and formed in handle of the aspersoryhas sliding movement, twosections, one of which is perforated, and 1o andanineense-reoeverdetachably connected a cover adapted to inolose theaspel'sory and with the said sleeve, whereby the handle may havingconnection with the base thereof.

5 be carried into the neense-reoeiver, shortenv AVELIN SZAB. ing thelength of the aspersorium `and. ena- Witnesses:

bling it to be readily carried, as specified. WILLIAM E. DWYER,

4. The combination of a shank or handle, JOHN F. OREILLY.

